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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Plane on June 13, 2010, 10:30:09 AM

Title: Hayabusa
Post by: Plane on June 13, 2010, 10:30:09 AM

AUSTRALIAN FIREBALL ALERT: Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft is approaching Earth and preparing to deliver a piece of asteroid Itokawa to waiting scientists. A sample return capsule will blaze through the atmosphere over Australia and land via parachute in the remote Woomera Test Range on Sunday, June 13th at 7 a.m. PDT. The Hayabasa mothership will follow the capsule into Earth's atmosphere, but never make it to the ground, instead disintegrating in a spectacular fireball. A NASA aircraft will be in the air over Australia to photograph the reentries. Stay tuned for updates.

http://www.spaceweather.com/ (http://www.spaceweather.com/)

Title: Re: Hayabusa
Post by: Plane on June 13, 2010, 10:24:57 PM

Update: NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory was in the air over Australia to record the reentry. Researchers have just released a must-see video.
Hayabusa Spacecraft Reentry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpuU1hd_xeY#ws)

Title: Re: Hayabusa
Post by: Kramer on June 14, 2010, 12:14:02 AM

I was expecting more!

I guess it's like when someone says you have to go see such and such movie then you go see it and are a bit disappointed.

Title: Re: Hayabusa
Post by: Plane on June 14, 2010, 12:26:33 AM

One of the good things about the Hyabusa project is its small scale.

The Small spacecraft flew to a small world took a small sample and returned with it.

All on a Japaneese budget.